Red Bull turns on WA Formula One ace Daniel Ricciardo

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Red Bull is turning on Daniel Ricciardo following the Australian Formula One ace's imminent switch to Renault.

Red Bull powerbroker Helmut Marko has accused Ricciardo of misleading the organisation about his future.

Marko says he thought Ricciardo was assured of re-signing with Red Bull after July's Hungarian Grand Prix until announcing his surprise switch to Renault from next year.

Marko has called it a "very strange situation".

"In Hungary, he told Mr. (Red Bull owner, Dietrich) Mateschitz and me that he was OK with everything and that he was going to sign during the test on Tuesday. But he didn't," Marko told Austrian TV station Servus.